Zandronum 3.2 has released!
Zandronum, the game engine that powers Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch, has just released its newest 3.2 version! This version comes with the following enhancements:
- You can now chat with friends in-game using the engine's built in voice chat!
- The scoreboard has a brand new, overhauled, but fully moddable look.
- You can now put files into a "postload" folder for them to be automatically added after any other loaded files each time you load the game. Great for cosmetic addons!
- Many other new modding features have been added!
Click here for Zandronum's full update post!
What this means for you
As servers begin hosting 3.2 and mods begin being built with it, you may find yourself unable to join those servers or play with those mods. To fix this, you'll have to update your game to use Zandronum 3.2 instead.
All of MM8BDM's download links have been updated to include Zandronum 3.2, so you can simply reinstall the game to do this upgrade. Those updated downloads are linked below for convenience. If you need additional guidance,
please refer to the game's installation guide here.
Some features of Zandronum 3.2 are not fully supported in the currently released versions of Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch. Most notably, the menus for voice chat and scoreboard options are missing. In the meantime before V6C is released, we recommend using Russel's miscellaneous fixes mod to correct these issues, which can be read about and downloaded here:
https://mm8bdm.net/forum/post/346
What this means for MM8BDM V6C
We're still hard at work finishing out the next version, but rest assured, once released, it'll be fully compatible with Zandronum 3.2. As far as when it'll release, as Freems has alluded to in their newsletter posts, there's still some secret features that we're incredibly excited about that we expect to take a fair bit before we can call them completed. In the meantime, we're still posting updates every two weeks in
our newsletter thread, so stay tuned for more info!
